St. Ann's Road Reconstruction - Municipal Class EA

Road Reconstruction - Municipal Class EA Study and Preliminary Design
St. Ann’s Road, West Lincoln

The Township of West Lincoln has completed a Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA Schedule B) to evaluate and recommend transportation improvements along St. Ann’s Road between Regional Road 20 and Regional Road 69 (Twenty Mile Road). The purpose of this Class EA is to review, study and recommend improvements to St. Ann’s Road and mitigate any negative environment impacts. The Township has also chosen to include intersection improvements, drainage improvements, bridge rehabilitation and railway crossing improvements along with the road reconstruction.

In accordance with Ontario’s Environmental Assessment Act, Township of West Lincoln completed this project under Schedule “B” of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (October 2000, as amended in 2007, 2011 & 2015). The Class EA process included public, stakeholder and technical agency consultation, evaluation of alternatives, assessment of environmental impacts and identification of reasonable measures to mitigate adverse impacts.

A Project File containing a description of the planning process undertaken, details of the study recommendations as well as potential impacts and mitigation measures has been placed in the public record for a 30-day review period in accordance with the requirements of the Municipal Class EA. Subject to comments received as a result of this notice, the Township intends to proceed to the subsequent detailed design and construction of this project.

The Project File is available for review at the following locations between June 13, 2023 and July 12, 2023:

Township’s website - Click Here to Download PDF File (98 MB)

Township of West Lincoln Office, Clerk’s Department
318 Canborough St.
Smithville, ON L0R 2A0
Hours: Monday to Friday
9:00 am to 4:30pm

Interested persons may provide written comments within the 30 calendar day public record period – June 13 to July 12, 2023. In addition, a request to the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks for an order imposing additional conditions or requiring an individual environmental assessment may be made on the grounds that the requested order may prevent, mitigate, or remedy adverse impacts on constitutionally protected Aboriginal and treaty rights. Requests should include your full name and contact information. Information for submission of a Section 16 Order Request is available at https://www.ontario.ca/page/class-environmental-assessments-part-ii-order submission must be received by the Minister (777 Bay Street, 5th Floor, Toronto, Ontario M7A 2J3) by July 12, 2023. A copy of the request must also be sent to the Township’s Project Manager (Ray Vachon) and the Director of the Environmental Assessment and Permission Branch (135 St. Clair Avenue West, 1st Floor, Toronto, Ontario M4V 1P5).

You are encouraged to forward any comments or concerns you may have, in writing, to any of the following project team members:

Comments received, with the exception of personal information, will be part of the public record.

We will be holding a second live, online PIC on Wednesday March 29th from 6:00 to 7:00pm.  Representatives from the Township of West Lincoln and Kerry T. Howe Engineering Limited will be present during this meeting to present informational material and answer any questions. Interested parties can join the meeting by pasting the following link into their web browser and entering the ID and Passcode:

https://tinyurl.com/2or7dhbb

Meeting ID: 256 624 810 204

Passcode: MLcCEh

Alternatively, interested parties can contact Cindy Vail at kthengltd@ktheng.ca or by phone at 905-688-6550 To guarantee a reply, requests to attend must be made by 12:00pm Friday March 24th, 2023, Cindy will email you the link through a meeting request if you so choose. The meeting will be held via Microsoft Teams so you can login from your web browser by simply following the link. You do not need to download Microsoft Teams to attend the meeting.

Presentation Material

Click the links below to download and view the presentation materials prior to the PIC meeting.

1. PIC #2 Powerpoint Presentation (9 MB)
2. PIC Preferred Option Urban Section (1 MB)
3. PIC Rural Section - South of Sixteen Rd. (1 MB)

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZDAwMGE2ZTctZTZhYi00OTgwLWEwNGItYzgxYTgxOGRjZmQ0%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22f23d2176-7d17-4c43-94f7-6757dcd49ddb%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22bad926cf-798f-4d13-8cf2-7e39b2a8b34e%22%7d

 Alternatively, interested parties can contact Scott Kozub at skozub@ktheng.ca or by phone at 905-688-6550 ext. 227.  To guarantee a reply, requests to attend must be made by 4:00pm Friday June 24th,2022, Scott will email you the link and a meeting request if you so choose.  The meeting will be held on Microsoft Teams so you can login from your web browser by simply following the link.  You do not need to download Microsoft Teams to attend the meeting.

Presentation Material

Click the links below to download and view the presentation materials prior to the PIC meeting.

1. PIC Powerpoint Presentation (15 MB)
2. PIC Information Package PDF (650 KB)
3. PIC Drawings PDF (4.5 MB)

The Study

The Township of West Lincoln has initiated a Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA Schedule B) to evaluate and recommend transportation improvements along St. Ann’s Road between Regional Road 20 and Regional Road 69 (Twenty Mile Road). The purpose of this Class EA is to review, study and recommend improvements to St. Ann’s Road and mitigate any negative environment impacts. The Township has also chosen to include intersection improvements, drainage improvements, bridge rehabilitation and railway crossing improvements along with the road reconstruction. The Class EA will examine various design options to be later used for a detailed design.

The Process

The project is being planned in accordance with Schedule “B” of the Municipal Engineers Association (MEA) Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) guidelines (October 2000, as amended in 2007 & 2011), which is approved under the Ontario Environmental Assessment Act.

We Want to Hear from You

Public input and comment(s) are invited for incorporation into the planning and preliminary design of this project. Comments received from the public will be considered in the development of the final design concept.

The public will be notified of the Public Information Center through advertisements in local newspapers and on the Township of West Lincoln Website. In addition, the notifications will be hand-delivered to residents and businesses in the study area. The PIC will present study background information, the right-of-way cross-section being considered, design elements, impacts and measures.

Comments received, with the exception of personal information, will be part of the public record. For further information, please contact one of the individuals identified below:

Mr. Scott Kozub, P.Eng.

Sr. Project Manager

Kerry T. Howe Engineering Limited

98 Church Street, P.O. Box 460

St. Catharines, ON L2R 6V9

Tel: (905) 688-6550 ext. 227

Email: skozub@ktheng.ca

Mr. Ray Vachon, C.E.T.

Project Manager

Township of West Lincoln, Public Works

318 Canborough St., P.O. Box 400

Smithville, ON L0R 2A0

Tel: 905-957-3346

Email: rvachon@westlincoln.ca